Ward Knutur Townes – Downend Folk & Roots – November

Lockdown did funny things to the music communities. It stopped live music, drove insular people to singing with strangers on Zoom, created unusual alliances. One such was Global Music Match – musicians from around the globe were thrown together to make something new. Derby’s Lucy Ward, Canada’s Adyn Townes and Svavar Knütur from Northern IcelandContinue reading “Ward Knutur Townes – Downend Folk & Roots – November”

The Lucy Ward Band – October 2018

Downend Folk Club is back at Downend School and breaking rules. It can’t be right to drink beer in a school hall, can it? There’s more whooping and clapping than is acceptable in your ordinary assembly too. We’re even gently chastised for the absence of blazers and ties. Rules are already broken. If we wereContinue reading “The Lucy Ward Band – October 2018”